Blue Period, Pablo Picasso? Nope! This artwork was not created by human hand, but by the icy waters of General Carrera Lake, which spring from the nearby Andes and modeled the bizarre rock formations of the Cuevas de Mármol in a creative process that took over 6200 years. Some of the marble caves, which look spectacular as they change color and shading depending on the time of day and how the light falls, can be explored from the water. Boats are available to hire in the village of Puerto Río Tranquilo.

GETTING THERE

Lufthansa flies daily from Frankfurt (FRA) to (GRU). Fly LATAM from there to Santiago de Chile (SCL) and then on to Balmaceda (BBA). It’s another four hours by car from Blamaceda to the lake.